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Microstructural Investigation and Phase Relationships of Fe-Al-Hf Alloys

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The effect of Hf addition on microstructures, phase relationships, microhardness, and magnetic properties of Fe50Al50−n Hf n alloys for n = 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 at. pct has been investigated. At all investigated compositions, the ternary intermetallic HfFe6Al6 τ 1 phase forms due to the limited solid solubility of Hf in FeAl phase and tends to develop a eutectic phase mixture with the Fe-Al-based phase. The Hf concentration of the eutectic composition is found to be 7 at. pct from the microstructural examinations and the eutectic phase transition temperature is determined as 1521 K (1248 °C) independent of Hf amount by differential scanning calorimetry measurements. Furthermore, the enthalpies and activation energies (based on Kissinger and Ozawa methods) of eutectic phase transitions are reported. The minimum activation energy is calculated for the fully eutectic composition. Moreover, variation of the microhardness of Fe-Al-based alloys as a function of the Hf content is investigated, and its dependence on the thermal history of the alloys is explained.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge ÖYP Program at Middle East Technical University and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TUBITAK, National Scholarship Programme for Ph.D. Students.

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    Mehmet Yildirim (Ph.D. Student), M. Vedat Akdeniz (Professor) & Amdulla O. Mekhrabov (Professor)

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Yildirim, M., Akdeniz, M.V. & Mekhrabov, A.O. Microstructural Investigation and Phase Relationships of Fe-Al-Hf Alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 3412–3421 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2287-0

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